Yes, we lost the vote on cap-and-trade on Friday. Locally, Jim Marshall voted against it, while Sanford Bishop voted for cap-and-trade. The most infuriating part is the fact that 8 Republicans voted for the bill, which at the very least gave cover to the Democrats. President Obama used his weekly address to push the Senate to pass the bill as well, even though it is widely believed that it will die in the Senate. The best quote on cap-and-trade came from House Minority Leader John Boehner, who called it a "pile of s--t."
The Supreme Court issued their last batch of rulings today, including overturning a decision by Judge Sonia Sotomayor that backed New Haven, Connecticut in throwing out the results of a firefighter promotion test because not enough minorities passed the test. They also decided to have more hearings on a federal campaign finance case in September.
Around the world, people are overthrowing leftist and totalitarian governments in favor of freedom, while here in the United States our people not only accept, but support the march of leftism and slavery in the name of security. In Honduras, the people stood with the military as they removed the President from office after he tried to change the Honduran Constitution to let him serve as many terms as he would like. In Argentina, the people voted out allies of their leftist President in midterm Congressional elections. In Iran, even though the rallies and protests seem to have quieted down, Iranians would be more likely to pick those back up if the United States supported them more strongly. Instead, as the Iranian government arrests the staff at the British embassy, President Obama is too busy worrying about the "dialogue" that we have with Iran. It also looks as though the electoral power of radical Islam is decreasing across the Muslim world.
The White House won't rule out the idea of taxing health insurance benefits, which would amount to a huge tax increase on the middle class, except for unions, which would be exempt from the tax. Half of Americans favor the Obama health reform plan. For a look at what the Obama health care plan will mean, look at Massachusetts. Some states are already making plans to opt out of the federal system if it passes. While we move more towards a single-payer, socialist medicine system, the British government is paying people to go to the private sector for cancer treatment. The mainstream media is even trying to use Jon and Kate Gosselin to push for socialist medicine.
Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for stealing the business model of Social Security.
As the Obama administration cracks down on Americans taking their money overseas, Swiss banks are closing Americans' accounts because they don't want to be hassled by the IRS either.
The EPA suppressed a report skeptical of global warming, and the media ignored it. Also, a polar bear expert was asked not to come to a global warming meeting in Denmark because his evidence did not support the warmers' agenda.
The speaker of the California State Assembly called conservative talk show hosts terrorists. I'll add that to the list of labels I attach to myself.
Lynndie England, the female soldier in the Abu Ghraib pictures, can't seem to find a job. Would you hire her?
To crack down on underage drinking, the state is going to change driver's licenses for those under 21.
Governor Perdue's "stimulus" plan is not helping. This is what happens when government spending is used in an attempt to stimulate the economy.
Eric Von Haessler will not run for the Senate because he would be forced off the air to do so.
Warner Robins is going to crack down on gaming machines.
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